I see... go here:
http://www.geofex.com/ and look for the rangemaster in the 'schematics and more' section. There's a 'technical discription and how to build one' link... under that download the how to build one pdf. You should read the whole thing (the apollo is basically a rangemaster with a 'tone' pot on the front end, instead of a volume pot at the end), but in particular the 'turn on, tune in' section talks about biasing the transistor. Germanium transistors vary a lot in their qualities (gain, leakage)... I'm actually surprised you were able to buy one from an electronics store. I ordered a butt load of Ge transistors from eastern europe and, although all of them 'worked' in the rangemaster and the orange t/b booster I made, only a few sounded really good.
but back to the biasing at hand, you can also use 100k trim pot instead of the fixed 80k resistor to bias the transistor... it'll be a bit noisier in the end, but I did that on my rangemaster and it doesn't bother me (of course other people really want it to be very quiet... i'm not that picky). Actually, I've never noticed it being particularly noisey at all... granted it amplifies treble, so it will be a bit hissy no matter what...
But let's not get ahead of ourselves... as I've tried to hint at, if you're using the stock resistor values and your transistor isn't totally fried, then you should probably be getting something out of your circuit.
Are you using a bypass switch? Does it pass the guitar signal when you have the effect 'off'? If not, it's wired wrong. Try retracing your layout against the schematic to make sure there isn't anything shorting or connected wrong. Also make sure you have the battery hooked up properly. Most effects are negative ground, this one's positive.